‘Zootopia 2’ review: Familiar footprints in a bigger, busier world
Nearly a decade after the Oscar-winning Zootopia delighted audiences of all ages with its remarkable animation, cute characters, and sharp social commentaries wrapped in an entertaining buddy-cop comedy, Disney brings back Judy Hopps (Ginnifer Goodwin) and Nick Wilde (Jason Bateman) in Zootopia 2. We are brought back to the bustling and beautiful world of animals […]
‘Quezon’ movie review: Unveiling a hero’s persona
Jerrold Tarog’s Quezon couldn’t have come at a better time. The final film in the highly relevant and crowd-pleaser Bayaniverse series tackles the rise to power of the country’s first Commonwealth President and a key figure in the country’s fight for independence from the United States. It’s not common for some to think most historical […]
‘One Battle After Another’ review: one of this year’s best
One good indicator of a great movie is if it flies by despite its lengthy runtime (2 hours and 43 minutes). Such is the case for Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another, one of this year’s best (and most entertaining) films. Written and directed by Anderson, the movie blends action, drama, comedy, and suspense […]
‘Caught Stealing’ review: a wild, raucous, enjoyable ride
What I appreciate about movies like Caught Stealing is their ability to take the audience along on a wild ride. It doesn’t require much from its audience, unlike most movies. Just sit there and watch as the characters try to wiggle their way out of the problems they make. Darren Aronofsky’s latest film is a […]
‘Sunshine’ movie review: Maris Racal gleams like sunshine
Maris Racal is brilliant as Sunshine in Antoinette Jadaone’s powerful and moving tale of an ambitious young woman out to fight for her dreams no matter what. In the much-anticipated Sunshine, Racal masterfully plays 19-year-old Sunshine, a talented gymnast who discovers she’s pregnant a few months before the Olympic qualifiers. Her world crashes down the […]
Movie review: ‘Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning’ goes full circle
Everything came full circle in Christopher McQuarrie’s Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning. Believed to be the final movie in the hugely successful action franchise, The Final Reckoning takes off from the events in Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One where Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his crew are out to save the world […]
Death is back–with even more vengeance in ‘Final Destination: Bloodlines’
Death is back and it’s got quite a lot of baggage. It’s been fourteen years since the last Final Destination movie and one of the most likely questions people would have about the new installment could be: “how is this any different?” Let’s face it. The Final Destination franchise runs on a tried-and-tested formula that […]
Liza Soberano delivers a scene-stealing performance in “Lisa Frankenstein”
Horror and comedy are, perhaps, the best ways to effectively depict stories about teen angst and the “monsters” that plague their daily existence. Case in point is the cult classic “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” created by Joss Whedon. The now-defunct TV show perfectly metaphorized high school monsters and how it’s like to deal with teen […]
“Killers of the Flower Moon” is a beautiful direction of an awful story
Director Martin Scorcese has previously decried superhero movies, claiming they are not cinema. Regardless of what you feel about it and whether he’s right or wrong, one thing remains true: he has earned the right to assert his thoughts about movies he feels are good or bad. That’s because he knows how to make a […]
“Target” is so effectively scary
For a quick few seconds, the opening scene of director Park Hee-kon’s suspense-thriller Target can give you a different impression of the movie. When the sequence opens to a series of interconnected shots of people going about their business in the city, with graphic notifications of mobile messages and transactions that pop out of the […]